# sipeed/picoclaw

Tiny, Fast, and Deployable anywhere — automate the mundane, unleash your creativity

Repository: https://github.com/sipeed/picoclaw
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/picoclaw
Homepage: https://picoclaw.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-19T09:17:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 91, longevity 15
- inputs: {"age_days": 210, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 61, "gap_med": 7.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 29910, forks 4445 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:53.728487+00:00)

## What it is
PicoClaw is an ultra-lightweight, self-hosted personal AI assistant written in Go that ships as a single binary running in under 10MB of RAM on hardware as cheap as a $10 RISC-V board. It connects to 16+ chat channels (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WeChat-family apps, etc.), supports many LLM providers, and includes scheduling, web search, sandboxed tool execution, and MCP support.

## Use cases
- run a personal AI assistant on a raspberry pi or cheap risc-v board
- connect an LLM chatbot to telegram or discord
- self-host a private AI assistant with no cloud dependency
- set reminders and recurring scheduled tasks via chat
- bridge one assistant to slack, dingtalk, feishu, and QQ at once
- run a local AI agent on android via termux or APK
- use multiple LLM providers like OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, and Ollama with one config

## When to choose
- you need an always-on assistant on minimal, low-power, or embedded hardware
- you want a single self-contained binary with zero dependencies
- you need multi-platform chat channel support in one gateway
- you value self-hosting, privacy, and full data control
- you want multi-LLM provider flexibility and MCP tool integration

## When to avoid
- you need a polished managed cloud assistant with vendor support
- you require heavy multi-agent orchestration or fine-tuning infrastructure
- you need guaranteed enterprise-grade security — the sandbox and web console have documented caveats
- you want a graphical-first desktop assistant rather than a gateway/CLI service

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, chatbot, llm-inference, scheduling, webhook, cli, mcp, rag
- domain: chatbots, large-language-models, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cross-platform, cli
- tags: single-binary, low-memory, embedded-hardware, risc-v, multi-channel-messaging, multi-llm, gateway, personal-assistant, go, ai-agents, automation, linux, macos, android, docker, web-server, telegram, discord

## Member repositories
- sipeed/picoclaw (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.728487+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:52.309791+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sipeed/picoclaw (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.728487+00:00, sha bb723b526dea)
  - homepage: https://picoclaw.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.485805+00:00, sha f78c31635aa4)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.493412+00:00, sha f4663de2599d)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.495545+00:00, sha 957f8474f516)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/providers (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.497540+00:00, sha 2b6ef0683945)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/channels (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.499552+00:00, sha 119df7881205)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/installation/android (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.501674+00:00, sha bbe4c3f8d5f6)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/docker (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.503778+00:00, sha c47d83484938)
  - site_page: https://docs.picoclaw.io/docs/configuration/security-sandbox (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.505839+00:00, sha e08e8def69b0)
  - site_page: https://picoclaw.io/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:03.489926+00:00, sha f1b076e7aad6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.